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Making agroforestry work for farmers and landowners Propagate also actively manages over 100 commercial acres and growing through its agroforestry hubs.
Propagate is an agroforestry project developer and operator helping farms integrate commercial tree crops, especially chestnuts, into working landscapes. We design, establish, and manage tree based farming systems that can be paired with pasture, annual crops, livestock, or ecological buffers to improve resilience, soil health, and long term farm economics.
Propagate provides the technical and operational support that makes agroforestry repeatable at commercial scale. Our work spans planning, technical assistance, project development, and long term management to reduce risk for farmland owners, growers, and partners to help turn tree crops into reliable agricultural production.
Founded in 2017, Propagate has supported agroforestry planning on more than 55,000 acres across the United States. Through regional hubs in New York and Kentucky, we have planted more than 250,000 trees and own and operate a 580 acre agroforestry portfolio across New York, Tennessee, Ohio, and Kentucky. Propagate is a Techstars alum, an Elemental Impact portfolio company, and has been recognized twice on the Inc. 5000 list.
03/04/2026
We’re thrilled to partner with to bring black locust timber to market. Growing trees on farms increases water quality, provides livestock shelter, and drives income for farmers across the rural United States. Many of the hundreds of thousands of trees we plant will become structural round wood beams and posts for indoor and outdoor structures. Black locust yields beautiful and functional wood that is rot-resistant and extremely durable. It’s a fast-growing hardwood native to the Allegheny Plateau and the surrounding bioregions of the eastern half of the United States.
WholeTrees vision is to create prosperity between forests and communities. WholeTrees uses the inherent strength of Structural Round Timber (SRT) and millions of years of organic structural engineering to provide beautiful, affordable, sustainable, and durable biophilic structural systems that restore forests.
Founded in 2007 on an off-grid forest farm in Southwest Wisconsin, the founding team brought CAD and BIM to the organic shapes of SRT, fabricated ground-breaking, first-of-its-kind structural systems across the country and launched sustainable forestry partnerships to become the National leader and unrivaled expert in engineering unmilled timber for commercial construction.
Whether you are inspired to incorporate whole trees at the start of your project or are seeking to integrate them within current structural systems, has the products, partnerships, and technology to seamlessly support your vision.
If you’re looking to plant black locust on farmland in the eastern half of the United States, please send a message or contact us via our website.
02/03/2026
Good afternoon, farmland owners.
We plant chestnut trees on farms.
Here’s a chestnut look book.
Article about growing hay and chestnuts on the same piece of land in the first comment. Questions? Drop us a line, message, or comment below.
01/02/2026
At Propagate, we don’t come from farming families, but we come from family businesses — in wood products, outdoor recreation, and agricultural machinery.
We intimately understand succession planning, and we’re here to listen and lend an ear, should you need it.
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